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<ovf>i see quite a few projects depending on gcc 4.7 (being probably the most advanced c++ compiler written in c). is there any centralised effort in maintaining it, or is it perfectly usable as it is?

<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> ovf: we have some improvements to GCC 4.6

<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> Riscv support in particular

<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> 4.6 vs 4.7 doesn't really make much difference

<ovf>interesting. why 4.6 then?

<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> E.g. doesn't unlock new kernel versions

<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> janneke used that as last modular GCC relaese

<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> So with smaller individual tarballs

<ovf>i don't really have a horse in the game, but i've been happily using 4.7 for reasons unrelated to bootstrapping since, well, i guess 2013 or so, so i'm tangentially interested in it starting to have a life on its own

<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> This is GCC in C with riscv support: https://github.com/ekaitz-zarraga/gcc

<ovf>in my case it's just mostly that by now i mostly know what to expect from 4.7's codegen (at least on x86_64), and so we work well as a team, whereas newer gccs often surprise me and not always in a good way

<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> I suspect 4.6 and 4.7.4 are very similar anyway

<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> But yes both are commonly used

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